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Have India, Pakistan, B’desh, & Sri Lanka Made Politics of Hate Into A Religion?
South Asia emerges as a battlefield of religious ideologies that are exploited with impunity for political gains
Nirbhaya Fund: Gang-raped Bangladeshi woman awarded maximum compensation
She is a victim of an international human trafficking network (she was trafficked when she was a minor), sexual exploitation, and gang rape.
‘Modi Regime Will Pay Dearly For Its Brazen Act To Silence Rahul’
Nivedita Jha, a Patna-based writer and social activist, says a similar attempt to debar Indira Gandhi from Parliament had boomeranged on the then Janata Dal government. Her views: The Surat court verdict against Rahul Gandhi and the latest…
Of Narendra Modi, Gujarat and Rahul Gandhi: The Vulgarness of Speech
Today, Modi and his efficient digital empire have ensured that many of those vulgar videos where he stooped way below the belt trashing and insulting his political rivals are not to be found. For instance, in Gujarat, he referred to Sonia…
NY Museum Encases Stolen Nepali Idols
Trafficking of priceless resources from Nepal, including statues with spiritual and religious values, human and natural resources have been taking place for several centuries. On 20th March 2023, Finance Uncovered (FU), a UK based…
In search of stolen gods at the Met
For decades the Met has been adding to its antiquities collection pieces of dubious origin, including from Nepal. Now, its reputation is eroding.
Oscarried away: Real-life drama coming to a political theatre near you
Forget the film that swept the 95th Academy Awards. As far as we are concerned, our two Oscars are everything, everywhere all at once. Of course we’ll make a song and dance about them, especially ‘Naatu Naatu’ which bagged Best Original.…
Modi’s Final Assault on India’s Press Freedom Has Begun
On the evening of Oct. 19, 2020, as reporters and photographers for The Kashmir Times rushed to meet deadlines, government officials and the police swept into the newspaper’s offices in the city of Srinagar, chased out the staff and put a…
Aurat March 2023: Six Years On
With all its strengths and challenges, the Aurat March is here to stay
Will Tipu Sultan bail out the BJP?
Although it appears to be on the backfoot in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party is convinced that its communal campaign will pay dividend in the Assembly election expected in April-May